Transvestia

Men know--as Dr. Paul Snyder, head of the Soc- iology Department of Valdosta State College, puts it in a recent issue of THE LADDER--that woman's extra strength can be translated into practical terms at this time. The higher death rate at every age for males has created a sexual imbalance, specially in the adult age groups. Sixty percent of all the peo- ple of majority age in the United States are females. If women voted in a block they could elect female mayors in virtually every city and female legisla- tors in almost every state of the Union...they have the potential to put in a lady president and elect 94 female US Senators. Women control--adds Dr. Snyder--70 percent of the nation's wealth....if they wanted to, they could dictate our economic policy and our foreign policy. Women have the power to de- cide what is produced and in what quantity by this country, and what is exported and imported to and from all other countries. But, do women take ad- vantage of this economic and political power? Alas, no....if they would get together and cease abdicating their powers they could easily relegate the male to the position of a minority with less rights, less prestige, and less prerogatives than the female. (End of quotes).....

I think that men are aware of this situation and are subconsciouly afraid. This, again, perhaps explains the universal male condemnation heaped upon the TV who is looked on as someone adding more strength to the "opposition"....someone who is sub- versive by "consorting with the enemy". This male fear is also the basic cause of the discrimination that women meet in many fields of endeavor, and we are all very much aware that even when women occupy equal positions in business they are often paid less money than their male counterparts. Men always find an excuse for paying a woman less. The most often cited reason is that a woman employee costs more in the so-called "non-wage factors". This includes the argument that women are impermanent in a job: they get married, have children, etc.. But this argument